ohai.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A cozy, fast and secure Mastodon server where everyone is welcome. Run by the folks at ohai.is.

Administered by:

Server stats:

1.8K
active users

#pterosaur

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
animalscartoons<p>Jurassic World Showdown! T-Rex &amp; Dinosaurs vs Pterosaur Army in an Epic Prehistoric Battle!<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbJ13nh6JW4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=BbJ13nh6JW4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TRex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TRex</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DinosaurBattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DinosaurBattle</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pterosaur</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EpicShowdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpicShowdown</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrehistoricWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrehistoricWar</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DinoAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DinoAdventure</span></a></p>
Jack Liddle | JF<p>kicking off <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/azhdarchidapril" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>azhdarchidapril</span></a>, we have Cryodrakon boreas, a giant azhdarchid from the dinosaur park formation of alberta, and the only <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> from Canada to be named.<br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PterosaurPtuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PterosaurPtuesday</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleoart</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a></p>
Aurous Azhdarchid<p>🚨 NEW PTEROSAUR! 🚨</p><p>Infernodrakon hastacollis is the first ever <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> named from the Hell Creek Formation! (This guy coexisted with <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Tyrannosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tyrannosaurus</span></a> and <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Triceratops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Triceratops</span></a>!) 🦖<br>The only piece known from it is a single, squished, but mostly complete neck bone, and it has possibly the longest length to width ratio of any other neck bone ever!! 🦴🔥</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/infernodrakon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infernodrakon</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/infernodrakonhastacollis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infernodrakonhastacollis</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/newpterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newpterosaur</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/quetzalcoatlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quetzalcoatlus</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleoart</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleonews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleonews</span></a></p>
Aurous Azhdarchid<p>Pangupterus liui was a mysterious <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> that lived in the early Cretaceous of China!<br>The holotype <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> only has the long and thin bottom jaw along with most of the teeth! </p><p>I’ve reconstructed it here as a gallodactylid pterosaur because from what I can tell, the jaw and teeth look most similar to <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaurs</span></a> like these! 🪮</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pangupterus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pangupterus</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleoart</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleoartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleoartist</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleocartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleocartoon</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a></p>
Stella Angelika Ludwig<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@meltedcheese" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>meltedcheese</span></a></span> Thank you!</p><p>That's an interesting question.</p><p>For my research I'll be quantifying the hydrodynamic properties and locomotor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biomechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biomechanics</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spinosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spinosaurus</span></a> using a digital musculoskeletal model, predictive simulations, and then eventually <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biorobotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biorobotics</span></a> informed by this data.</p><p>I'm not sure if the bones of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a> have made it into any practical applications yet, but there are studies on how <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> bones can inform material design!</p><p><a href="https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/fossilised-pterosaur-bones-offer-insights-into-new-materials" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theengineer.co.uk/content/news</span><span class="invisible">/fossilised-pterosaur-bones-offer-insights-into-new-materials</span></a></p>
Paleoart.co<p>Pterodactyls: Dinosaurs or not? 🤔🦖 This video clears up the common misconception about these amazing flying reptiles! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pterodactyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pterodactyl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pterosaur</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DinosaurFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DinosaurFacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prehistoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prehistoric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> </p><p>Bring home a piece of prehistory! Shop our Etsy store: </p><p><a href="https://buff.ly/4hSQWZi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/4hSQWZi</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Aurous Azhdarchid<p>Cycnorhamphus suevicus easily owned one of the weirdest sets of <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> jaws! </p><p>It’s been interpreted to be durophagous, or specialized to eat hard stuff, but it’s also been suggested to be a filter feeder, a parasite cleaning specialist, and, most interestingly in my opinion, a <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jellyfish</span></a> specialist! 🪼🦐</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleoart</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleocartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleocartoon</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/cycnorhamphussuevicus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycnorhamphussuevicus</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/cycnorhamphus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycnorhamphus</span></a></p>
Aurous Azhdarchid<p>Sinomacrops bondei was an <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/anurognathid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anurognathid</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> from China! 🐸</p><p>The only described specimen is crushed, but the head is preserved mostly on its side, which is normal for most <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaurs</span></a>, but very rare in anurognathids! 👀</p><p>You might have also noticed the long tail!<br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Anurognathids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anurognathids</span></a> usually had short, nubby tails, but <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Sinomacrops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sinomacrops</span></a> is special for being one of the few that has a much longer tail!</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleoart</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleocartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleocartoon</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/anurognathus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anurognathus</span></a></p>
Aurous Azhdarchid<p>“Frolicking Lingyuanopterus“ ✨</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lingyuanopterus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lingyuanopterus</span></a> camposi was a Chinese <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/istiodactylid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>istiodactylid</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> from the early <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cretaceous</span></a>!</p><p>The holotype has an almost complete skull and the atlas-axis complex (1st and 2nd neck vertebrae)!</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleocartoonist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleocartoonist</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleoart</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cartoon</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Istiodactylus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Istiodactylus</span></a></p>
michael<p>23-Jan-2025<br>Rare <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> fossil reveals <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crocodilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crocodilian</span></a> bite 76m years ago</p><p>The fossilised neck bone of a flying reptile unearthed in Canada shows tell-tale signs of being bitten by a crocodile-like creature 76 million years ago, according to a new study published today [23 January] in the Journal of Palaeontology. </p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1070999" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">070999</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a></p>
Aurous Azhdarchid<p>For this piece, I wanted to experiment with putting clothes on a <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a>! I think it adds some charm, but what do you think?? 🤔</p><p>This pterosaur is a <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/tapejarid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tapejarid</span></a> called <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Caiuajara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caiuajara</span></a>, which is easily one of my favorites in the family!</p>
Aurous Azhdarchid<p>🚨 NEW PTEROSAUR! 🚨</p><p>Melkamter pateko was an early <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/monofenestratan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monofenestratan</span></a> pterosaur from the Chubut Province of Argentina! The holotype includes part of the <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/skull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skull</span></a>, a couple teeth, a few vertebrae, a metacarpal from one of the free fingers, and “other bone fragments”.</p><p>If you like my <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/toons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toons</span></a> and want to leave your support, consider reblogging and favoriting! </p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/newpterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newpterosaur</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleoartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleoartist</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleocartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleocartoon</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>How ancient flying reptiles ruled the skies <a href="https://theconversation.com/how-ancient-flying-reptiles-ruled-the-skies-new-research-246896" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/how-ancien</span><span class="invisible">t-flying-reptiles-ruled-the-skies-new-research-246896</span></a> </p><p>New soft tissue data of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> tail vane reveals sophisticated, dynamic tensioning usage and expands its evolutionary origins <a href="https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/100673" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre</span><span class="invisible">prints/100673</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@WryCritic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>WryCritic</span></a></span> et al. </p><p>"The specimens had a kite-shaped tail vane, which was filled with structures resembling ribs and spars in an aeroplane wing. The lattice could have allowed the membrane to dynamically tense up, like sail on a ship, and limit flutter"</p>
Aurous Azhdarchid<p>🚨 NEW PTEROSAUR! 🚨</p><p>Skiphosoura bavarica was a monofenestratan <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> from the <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Solnhofen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solnhofen</span></a> limestone of Germany! <br>This species helps us understand how <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaurs</span></a> transitioned from the “rhamphorhynchoid” body plan (regular sized head/neck, long tail), to the pterodactyloid body plan (big head, long neck, stumpy tail)!</p><p>If you like my pterosaur <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/cartoons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cartoons</span></a> and want to leave your support, please consider reblogging this post! 😊</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleoartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleoartist</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleocartoonist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleocartoonist</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/cartoonist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cartoonist</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Skiphosoura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Skiphosoura</span></a></p>
michael<p>19-Dec-2024<br>A festive flying reptile family reunion 150 million years in the making<br>University of Leicester study finds nearly 50 hidden relatives of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pterodactylus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pterodactylus</span></a>, the first <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a></p><p>(where I think "relatives" means other members of this species, not other, related species - somebody tried too hard to make this sound seasonal)</p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1068800" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">068800</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a></p>
Aurous Azhdarchid<p>🚨 NEW PTEROSAUR! 🚨</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Nipponopterus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nipponopterus</span></a> mifunensis is the first ever <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> named from Japan! It’s based on a single, partial neck vertebra that was found to be distinct enough to name a new genus and species!!</p><p>I was too sick to make and post art these last two weeks, so any interactions to help me get back on my feet would be insanely helpful and immensely appreciated!!</p><p>Favoriting and boosting this post are the best ways to do that!</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/newpterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newpterosaur</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleocartoonist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleocartoonist</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleocartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleocartoon</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleonews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleonews</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>A <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a> of flying reptile reshuffles the timeline of pterosaur evolution <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-12-species-flying-reptile-reshuffles-timeline.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-12-species-</span><span class="invisible">flying-reptile-reshuffles-timeline.html</span></a></p><p>The oldest monofenestratan <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> from the Queso Rallado locality: Alexandra Fernandes et al. <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241238" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">royalsocietypublishing.org/doi</span><span class="invisible">/10.1098/rsos.241238</span></a></p><p>"Whereas most early <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pterosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaurs</span></a> still had rather short wings and a long tail, the derived subgroup of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pterodactyloids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterodactyloids</span></a> had slender, elongate wings and a shortened tail... The transition happened during the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Jurassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jurassic</span></a>"</p>
Jack Liddle | JF<p>quick pencil exploration of a <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/specevo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specevo</span></a> island dwelling flightless <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleoart</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a></p>
llewelly<p>More on how early pterosaurs evolved into pterodactyloids:<br>(jokey voiceover) <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@dave_hone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dave_hone</span></a></span> and colleagues, not content with naming Petrodactyle, which will forever be confused with Pterodactylus, has just published Skiphosoura, a pterosaur that will forever be confused with Xiphosura (horseshoe crabs and relatives), and it's in the biggest pterosaur family tree analysis evar!</p><p>Hear all about it on the latest episode of Terrible Lizards, with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@iszi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>iszi</span></a></span><br><a href="https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls10e11-skiphosoura-the-pterosaur-of-the-gaps" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls</span><span class="invisible">10e11-skiphosoura-the-pterosaur-of-the-gaps</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a></p>
readbeanicecream<p>New pterosaur species discovered in Japan</p><p>Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of quetzalcoatline azhdarchid pterosaur, Nipponopterus mifunensis, from Japan's Late Cretaceous period.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cretaceous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a></p>